[V8] Vl: E-brake functionality

[Seamus O'Carey]

It is supposed to do that to some extent, but it still has to retract when
you release the e-brake as well.  The one from the pearl car ONLY inches
outward rather than retracting when the e-brake lever is released (the one
on the silver car doesn't work at all).

For some reason the three passenger side calipers that I have are all fine,
but the three driver side are all broken or non-functioning in some way.
What's up with that??

Seamus

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 3:19 AM, ville.hiivola at suomi24.fi <
ville.hiivola at suomi24.fi> wrote:

> What you describe your left calibers function, i think the e-brake
> system is SUPPOSED to function this way, when there is slack. This
> is
>
> the automatic adjustment, that it's supposed to do when the brake
> pads
>
> wear.
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>
> Villle
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> >>----Alkuperäinen viesti----
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> >>Lähettäjä: cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com
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> >>Päivämäärä: 21.03.2010 1:18
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> >>Vastaanottaja: "v8"<V8 at audifans.com>
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> >>Aihe: [V8] E-brake functionality
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> >>I suspect the dragging was caused by the e-brake mechanism, so I
>
> >started
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> >
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> >>playing with them.  I noticed that when I moved the e-brake lever
> on
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> >the
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> >
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> >>RIGHT caliper back and forth the piston would move in and out just a
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> >
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> >>little.  When I did the same thing on the left caliper the piston
> just
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> >kept
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> >
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> >>inching outward so that if I'd continued to do it it would
> eventually
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> >push
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> >
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> >>the piston all the way out (which is what it was like when I bought
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> >the car
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> >
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> >>just over a year ago).
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> >
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> >>
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> >>So I think the LEFT caliper is not working correctly, but I'm
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> >wondering if
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> >
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> >>anyone knows if it's possible to fix it.  Does it just need to be
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> >cleaned
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> >
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> >>and lubed somehow, or is it pretty much screwed?  The big problem
> is
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> >that
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> >
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> >>I'm pretty sure the LEFT caliper on the silver car is also doing
> the
>
> >same
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> >
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> >>thing, which would mean that I have two broken left calipers and
> two
>
> >working
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> >
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> >>right calipers, which doesn't really help me at all.
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> >>
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> >>Seamus
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